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Captain Melville, Feature, Key Events, Tasmanian Bushrangers, The Bolters, Victorian BushrangersLeave a comment

The Death of Captain Melville

December 16, 2019March 30, 2020 AJFPhelan56

Many bushrangers met grisly ends over the course of history, and a considerable portion of them met their end within prison walls. Yet very few can lay claim to such a gruesome end as Francis MacNeish McCallum, alias Captain Melville. … Continue reading The Death of Captain Melville

Captain Melville, Spotlight, Tasmanian Bushrangers, The Bolters, Victorian BushrangersLeave a comment

Spotlight: The Trial of Captain Melville

August 23, 2018February 24, 2021 AJFPhelan56

[This report of the trial of one of the most infamous bushrangers of the 1850s, Francis McCallum aka Captain Melville, gives a brief run down of the charge and the trial. McCallum was a Scottish convict who used a myriad … Continue reading Spotlight: The Trial of Captain Melville

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